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Haemorrhoidectomy

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Haemorrhoidectomy

What are haemorrhoids?

Haemorrhoidectomy

Haemorrhoids or piles are swellings inside and around your bottom. Haemorrhoidectomy is surgery to remove swellings and relieve their symptoms.

What are haemorrhoids?

Haemorrhoids, commonly called piles, are small, round, fleshy bumps that contain enlarged blood vessels, and are found around your anus or in your anal canal.

They are associated with an increased pressure in your blood vessels in and around your anus causing them to become inflamed and swollen. It is thought that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may contribute to haemorrhoids developing around the anus as it can cause constipation and diarrhoea that lead to unusual straining during bowel movements.

In many cases, piles cause no symptoms. But if piles symptoms do present they can include bleeding after passing a stool, an itchy bottom that is sore, red and swollen around your anus, mucus discharge after passing a stool and, a lump that comes out of your anus and may go back inside or need to be pushed back in after passing a stool.

Piles treatments can include self-help remedies such as a high fibre diet, drinking plenty, not straining when passing a stool and, warm baths. Medicines, for example, Anusol cream and, non-surgical treatments including banding, injecting, using laser or electricity to shrink or destroy the pile may also be recommended. Your specialist may advise that surgery as the best treatment for your haemorrhoids.